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Tears and joy as separated Korean families reunite
Hundreds of Koreans from both sides of the border reunited Thursday at a N. Korean mountain resort, after 60 years of separation
FINALLY REUNITED: Hundreds of elderly Koreans from both sides of the border reunited in a tearful meeting on Thursday at a North Korean mountain resort. Park Hae-mook/ The Korea Herald
SO MUCH SNOW: Two men shovel snow out of a truck. Communities in Japan's Kanto and Koshin regions that were hit by heavy snow over the weekend are struggling to deal with a shortage of snow-disposal sites, hindering snow-removal efforts in some areas./ The Yomiuri Shimbun
THEY'VE GOTTEN BIGGER: Soldiers in Lhasa, Tibet autonomous region, participate in a military skills competition. A research institute with the PLA's General Armament Department found that the average Chinese soldier is 2 cm taller and has a waistline 5 cm larger than 20 years ago.Duan Hongwen/ China Daily
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Tens of thousands of farmers, travelling on more than 1,000 farm tractors in a long convoy from the upper northern and central provinces of Thailand, will today arrive in Bangkok and move to Suvarnabhumi Airport in a concerted attempt to pressure the caretaker government to resign, The Nation reports. Four Myanmar men were found weak, hungry, chained together like slaves and locked up in a house with 11 other foreigners in Sungai Petani, north Peninsula Malaysia, by local police, on Wednesday. The Star says. Beijing has issued a 'yellow alert' for heavy air pollution over the next three days, with children and the elderly being advised to stay indoors, says a report in China Daily. The proposed new transboundary law that imposes a fine of over US$356,000 on errant businesses in Singapore and Indonesia that actively ignore requests to prevent or control haze, has been welcomed by environmental groups and legal experts on both sides, The Straits Times writes. Meanwhile in sports, South Korean figure skater Kim Yu-na captured the silver medal, losing to Russia's Adelina Sotnikova, in the ladies' singles competition at the Sochi Winter Games on Thursday, writes a report in The Korea Herald.
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Black butler aims at viewers’ hearts
Japanese actor Hiro Mizushima wants his new film to be more than a mere piece of entertainment
A steaming bowl of oden takes the chill off winter
A M'sian games studio is set to deliver a bone-chilling tale set in rural M'sia with their upcoming game, Tell No One.
The second Korean Wave
Actors Kim Soo-hyun and Lee Min-ho lead in the new idols among Chinese
Eyes on the bigger picture
M'sian music label makes it into US Top 40
Korean families share memories of decades apart
Tears flow at reunion of separated families
Love blossoms on Chinese screens on day for lovers
Movie audience on Valentine's Day reached 5.31 million
PETALING JAYA: Asia's richest man Li Ka-Shing and Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang have invested US$23 million in a California-based company that produces artificial chicken eggs, Malaysian Chinese daily Sin Chew Daily reported. The company, Hampton Creek Foods, is producing the artificial eggs using ingredients from 12 types of plants. It was reported that Li had personally tasted the artificial eggs — they were fried — and found that they tasted like "the real stuff".
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